UNRWA media advisor Adnan Abu Hasna warned of the possibility of UNRWA being forced to stop services in September with its budget projected to run out by that time. It wouldn't be able to pay salaries or other expenses.
UNRWA has a financial deficit this year of about $200 million.
Abu Hasna noted that the support provided to UNRWA by Arab nations was $200 million in 2018, but it has evaporated to only $20 million dollars last year, a 90 percent reduction.
I counted about $50 million in pledges from Arab countries last year, so I'm not sure if they simply didn't pay their pledges or these are pledges for 2023 payments.
Either way, the amount of aid to UNRWA from the Arab states is ridiculously low compared to the amount that the West provides - Canada itself gives $20 million a year, and individual EU states gives tens of millions on top of the $100 million from the EU itself.
Apparently, appealing to Arab pride to increase their donations is not effective.
Why, exactly, does the West provide so much more for Palestinian "refugees" than the Arab world. especially the wealthy Gulf countries? And why don't the Palestinians themselves make a bigger deal over being shortchanged by their supposed "brethren?"
If the Arab world itself doesn't care about their own, why should the West?
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